A couple of weeks ago I promised that I would post the talk that I gave on games and bioethics at RSA. Now I have finally gotten around to doing it! What follows is (loosely) the text of my talk along with the slides from my presentation which have been strategically placed. I have not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘games’
SPOILER ALERT! Mass Effect 3: What Makes a “Massively Effective” Ending?
March 30th, 2012 
Nicole Marie Heads up readers, there will be a lot of SPOILERS in what will be my first (and probably least popular) post on NYMG as I’m going to try and convince you that the Mass Effect 3 endings weren’t as horrible as the gaming world seems to think and that changing them would be a waste [...]
Posted in 360, Game Reviews, PC, PS3, Uncategorized 
Tags: game review, games, Mass Effect 3, Spoiler 
2 Comments »
How Are Video Games Like Breakfast Cereal?
November 5th, 2011 dr. b. When did video games start coming with toys in the box? We got used to bonus items in the collectors’ editions of games a long time ago. Hell, we grew to expect them. We’ve gotten maps, figurines, lunchboxes, bobbleheads, and whatnot. I used to snap them up without question, but these days I have little room [...]
Not Serious Games, but Seriously Games: Games as Social Critique
October 19th, 2011 dr. b. We talk about games as social critique quite a bit around here. We ask lots of questions. – Do we learn from games? Yes, lots. Some of it is intentional and some is unintentional. Some is positive and some…not so much. Most obviously we learn about logic puzzles and we develop better spatial skills. Less [...]
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
October 8th, 2011 dr. b. On October 5, 2011 the world lost a great technology visionary in Mr. Steve Jobs. His passing was extremely sad but, we must admit, not surprising. I won’t take up time and space extolling the virtues of Mr. Jobs and all of the great things that he did at Apple, Atari, Pixar, etc. That has been done [...]
Posted in iPad, iPhone, Mac, Uncategorized Tags: games, handheld, iOS, Steve Jobs, ubiquity Comments Off
Gaming the System in a System of Gaming: The Inherent Nature of Games in Pedagogy (aka, my CCCCs presentation)
April 10th, 2011 alexlayne The reserve army of the bored zombie the earth, fiddling with their cell phones, checking their watches. Boredom is the meter of history. –McKenzie Wark I love games. My friends love games. My students love games. We are a society in love with games: game-shows, reality games, board games, online games, video games, computer games, [...]
Posted in Games and Education, Uncategorized Tags: cccc, Education, games, games and learning, Gamification, gaming the system 2 Comments »
